Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight, at the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival. Photo credit: Will Gordon

Every year the Mill Valley Film Festival provides attendees a first glimpse at potential Academy Award® contenders and the 39th edition did not disappoint! Lucky MVFF audiences previewed 18 Academy Award® nominated films at last year’s Festival before they were released in theaters including (winners in orange):

These acclaimed films received 59 total nominations and won a whopping 14 awards at the 89th Academy Awards in February. We’re very proud to be able to bring these wonderful films to you, our festival community.

You may have also seen some of the Oscars’ big winners and nominees in Marin presenting their award-winning films and engaging with MVFF audiences during insightful post-screening discussions and unique tributes to their work.

To watch these fascinating conversations again, or for the first time, check out the MVFF39 video gallery.

*MVFF Trivia! Over the past seven years, MVFF has hosted exclusive regional premieres of six of the seven Academy Award Best Picture winners: Moonlight (MVFF39), Spotlight (MVFF38), 12 Years a Slave (MVFF36), Argo (MVFF35), The Artist (MVFF34) and The King’s Speech (MVFF33).